CVE-2016-2105
openssl - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 45.5%
Description
Integer overflow in the EVP_EncodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of binary data.
How to fix CVE-2016-2105
To remediate CVE-2016-2105, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openssl—upgrade to 1.0.2h-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.2h-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.1e-2+deb7u21 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5 or later
Is CVE-2016-2105 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 45.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.0.2h-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.2h-1
- from 0, < 1.0.1e-2+deb7u21
- from 0, < 1.0.1k-3+deb8u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |